A "refugee paradox" for substance use disorders?

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 142, Issue , 2014, Pages 345-349

  Salas Wright, Christopher P ^a   Vaughn, Michael G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Drug abuse; Immigrant; Refugee; Substance use disorders

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; OPIATE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIATE ADDICTION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE DURATION; REFUGEE PARADOX; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; MIGRANT; REFUGEE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VERY ELDERLY;

CANNABIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFUGEES; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905595329     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.06.008     Document Type: Article

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